Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 12:30 PM GMT+13 (23:30 UTC), 549 km (341 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-09-11 23:30:01 UTC
Depth
549.0 km (341.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.498° S, 178.023° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
138

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2567 days ago · 520 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 5.3Fiji region · 2562 days ago · 523 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.8Fiji region · 2561 days ago · 590 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 628 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 2545 days ago · 593 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2545 days ago · 594 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 508 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.0238 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2544 days ago · 390 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2543 days ago · 632 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2543 days ago · 541 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2542 days ago · 607 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2537 days ago · 526 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2530 days ago · 493 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2528 days ago · 515 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 548 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2522 days ago · 525 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 571 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2521 days ago · 492 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 2519 days ago · 518 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 2517 days ago · 592 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2517 days ago · 516 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2515 days ago · 545 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2574 days ago · 597 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2575 days ago · 464 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 2581 days ago · 593 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2582 days ago · 611 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.4290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2583 days ago · 505 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 566 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 600 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 6.6Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 591 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  9. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2589 days ago · 501 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2594 days ago · 517 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2597 days ago · 547 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2600 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2601 days ago · 426 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2604 days ago · 441 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005f79. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.